Douluo Continent: I've joined forces with Tang San and taken Xiao Wu as my concubine!

Chapter 38, The Fourth Soul Ring

As the system rewarded him with a 5000-year soul ring, Meng Bei's fourth soul ring began to transform from deep purple to a deep black, and new soul skills slowly appeared in his mind.

Frosty Armor!

By condensing the power of ice and snow to form a layer of ice armor on the body, it possesses powerful defensive capabilities. As long as the ice armor is not directly pierced, any damage it suffers can be restored by consuming soul power.

Meng Bei was very satisfied with the soul skill he had acquired. The powerful defensive soul skill "Frost Armor" successfully made up for his weakness.

His first three soul skills are all related to attack, and with his second martial soul, the Measuring Ruler, which is his trump card, he has no weaknesses in attack at this stage. At this point, a powerful defensive soul skill would be a huge boost to him.

Imagine this: when the enemy thinks he's a mage and goes to great lengths to rush to his backline to attack him, and then he unleashes a shield thicker than a warrior's, what would that mean?

The enemy's despair will probably be written all over their faces!

Meng Bei is very much looking forward to this.

"Alright, now it's time to rescue Aunt Erlong!"

Meng Bei brushed the snowflakes off his clothes, stood up, and walked outside.

Tang Hao quickly followed.

The ancient icy abyss.

This is a naturally formed ice cellar, hundreds of meters deep, surrounded by tens of thousands of years of solid ice, with only a small exit at the top.

Now, this only exit has been blocked by Tang Hao using an iceberg he brought from elsewhere.

At this moment, Liu Erlong was curled up in a corner of the ice cave, hugging himself.

An endless, intense chill swept over her, and even though she was a powerful Soul Saint, she could not resist the cold for long.

Liu Erlong's hair was frozen by frost, and her breath turned into ice crystals instantly. Although she took out more than a dozen pieces of clothing from her soul tool and put them on, it was still useless. These clothes were assimilated by the surrounding cold air and frozen into dry, hard pieces of cloth.

She could only try her best to reduce the consumption of her body's energy, conserving the little soul power she had to maintain her body temperature little by little.

The body temperature has been maintained for the time being, but the soul power is being consumed little by little.

She had tried pushing open the exit above, which was blocked by Tang Hao, but aside from wasting her soul power, she couldn't open it at all.

"Xiaogang, I'm afraid I'll never see you again..."

Liu Erlong gradually succumbed to despair.

She deeply regretted not heeding Meng Bei's advice.

She was too arrogant and didn't take the thief seriously, which led her to fall into his trap and be thrown into the abyss. Now she probably has no chance of getting out.

And Xiao Bei...

I'm afraid that thief won't let Xiao Bei off the hook when he gets back.

She's the one who dragged that child down with her.

Tears welled up silently in Liu Erlong's beautiful eyes, freezing instantly upon falling.

Suddenly, there seemed to be some noise coming from the exit above.

"You'll all freeze to death here together!"

An arrogant voice rang out, and then the exit was opened a crack, a figure was thrown out, and then the crack was quickly closed again.

With a "thump," the figure landed right in front of Liu Erlong.

"Xiao Bei!"

Liu Erlong asked in surprise.

Meng Bei got up and rubbed his head.

Even with his ice armor protecting him, falling from a height of hundreds of meters was not an easy task.

After a moment of confusion, Meng Bei saw Liu Erlong in front of him and his eyes lit up with surprise.

"Aunt Erlong, you're actually here!"

"When I realized you hadn't returned, I went to look for you right after absorbing the spirit ring, but I was ambushed by a man in black robes on the way and dumped me here. I didn't expect to find you here too!"

Meng Bei explained in a few words why he had been thrown in.

Upon hearing this, Liu Erlong lowered his head in deep shame and said remorsefully:

"I'm sorry, Xiao Bei, I didn't listen to you and dragged you into this."

Meng Bei shook his head.

"Don't say that, Aunt Erlong. You were in danger because you were helping me hunt for a spirit ring, how can you blame yourself? Achoo!"

As he spoke, Meng Bei sneezed.

It truly lived up to its reputation as a ten-thousand-year-old frigid abyss. The surrounding air was extremely cold, and even though his martial soul had a very strong resistance to the cold, he couldn't help but feel a chill at this moment.

"It's so cold!"

Meng Bei sighed, and like Liu Erlong, he hugged his knees and curled up in a corner.

In his experience, the environment here felt like the feeling of an ordinary person wearing short sleeves being blown by the wind in late autumn. The cold wasn't intense, but it would still cause physical discomfort if it continued.

However, after Meng Bei used his Martial Soul Possession, the chill on his body vanished instantly. On the contrary, he felt his Martial Soul throbbing with joy, and his cultivation speed in this place was even twice as fast as before.

Liu Erlong's situation was completely different. Compared to Meng Bei, her soul power cultivation speed here not only did not increase, but was greatly reduced, and was even slower than her soul power consumption speed.

She was unaware of Meng Bei's situation, and seeing him meditating, she kindly reminded him to conserve his soul power and not let it be consumed too quickly.

And just like that, the day quietly passed.

Because Meng Bei's storage soul tool was stolen by the man in black robes, Meng Bei ate Liu Erlong's food.

The two discussed how to get out, but ultimately couldn't come up with a good solution.

Two more days passed.

Meng Bei's condition remained almost unchanged, but Liu Erlong's condition deteriorated significantly.

The two of them tapped and knocked on the surrounding ice walls, trying to find a weak spot in the solid ice. Unfortunately, after going around in circles, they only wasted their energy and gained nothing.

The light in Liu Erlong's eyes dimmed at a visible speed.

Self-rescue seems impossible; their only chance now is to be discovered and rescued.

Meng Bei speculated that if he didn't return for two months, Ning Rongrong would probably realize something was wrong and then have the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School send someone to find them, at which point they would have a chance to be rescued.

Two months...

Liu Erlong remained silent.

What made her persist for two months?

It's already a miracle that she can last for half a month now.

Three more days passed.

Meng Bei's cultivation level increased rapidly. After absorbing the fourth soul ring, his cultivation level rose to level 43, and now he is striving towards level 44.

Liu Erlong's condition worsened.

In the past, she would use the power of her martial spirit to emit a cluster of flames for illumination, distinguishing between day and night.

Perhaps due to excessive energy expenditure, she extinguished the flame.

The abyss was plunged into a long period of darkness.

Three more days passed.

Liu Erlong's food supplies were running low.

As a Soul Saint, she didn't carry much food, because high-level Soul Masters like her rarely need food when their Soul Power is abundant. However, she never expected that she would now be in such a desperate situation.

(End of this chapter)